The validity of Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging for measurement of trapezius muscle thickness

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 572-578

  O'Sullivan, Cliona ^a,b   Meaney, Jim ^c   Boyle, Gerard ^c   Gormley, John ^a   Stokes, Maria ^d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging; Trapezius muscle; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATIVE ULTRASOUND IMAGING; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC SPINE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67849094253     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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